Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species

The genus Scutellaria (Labiatae) is represented by 25 species in Turkish flora. Some of Scutellaria species are used as tonic, wound healing, hemostatic, antioxidant and antitumor in the world. This is a comparative study to evaluate cytotoxic efficacy of three endemic Scutellaria species; S. salvii...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zeynep Dogan, Iclal Saracoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Proceedings
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/10/1053
_version_ 1827092682885824512
author Zeynep Dogan
Iclal Saracoglu
author_facet Zeynep Dogan
Iclal Saracoglu
author_sort Zeynep Dogan
collection DOAJ
description The genus Scutellaria (Labiatae) is represented by 25 species in Turkish flora. Some of Scutellaria species are used as tonic, wound healing, hemostatic, antioxidant and antitumor in the world. This is a comparative study to evaluate cytotoxic efficacy of three endemic Scutellaria species; S. salviifolia Bentham (SS), S. glaphyrostachys Rech.f. (SG), S. rubicunda Hornem. subsp. brevibracteata J.R.Edm. (SB) against three different cell lines (HEp-2: human cervix epithelial carcinoma, HeLa: human cervix epithelial cancer cell lines and L929: mouse fibroblast non-cancerous cell line) by MTT method. For the activity tests, methanol extracts of the aerial parts were used. IC50 values were found in a range of 378.0–494.7, 381.7–423.7 μg/ mL against HeLa and HEp-2 cell lines, respectively. All extracts showed lower cytotoxicity on L929 cell line than cancer cells with IC50 value (753.0–1524.6 μg/mL). Due to the results, SB was the most effective extract to both cancer cell lines. SS and SG were more sensitive on HEp-2 than HeLa cell line. Our findings indicated that Scutellaria extracts have selective cytotoxic activity on both tested cancer and non-cancerous cell lines. This selectivity is important for discovery of new anticancer agents.
first_indexed 2024-04-13T19:38:00Z
format Article
id doaj.art-8bb2f6f2f9264fb195c40105c1efa799
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2504-3900
language English
last_indexed 2025-03-20T06:16:05Z
publishDate 2017-11-01
publisher MDPI AG
record_format Article
series Proceedings
spelling doaj.art-8bb2f6f2f9264fb195c40105c1efa7992024-10-02T17:30:10ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002017-11-01110105310.3390/proceedings1101053proceedings1101053Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria SpeciesZeynep Dogan0Iclal Saracoglu1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye 06100, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye 06100, TurkeyThe genus Scutellaria (Labiatae) is represented by 25 species in Turkish flora. Some of Scutellaria species are used as tonic, wound healing, hemostatic, antioxidant and antitumor in the world. This is a comparative study to evaluate cytotoxic efficacy of three endemic Scutellaria species; S. salviifolia Bentham (SS), S. glaphyrostachys Rech.f. (SG), S. rubicunda Hornem. subsp. brevibracteata J.R.Edm. (SB) against three different cell lines (HEp-2: human cervix epithelial carcinoma, HeLa: human cervix epithelial cancer cell lines and L929: mouse fibroblast non-cancerous cell line) by MTT method. For the activity tests, methanol extracts of the aerial parts were used. IC50 values were found in a range of 378.0–494.7, 381.7–423.7 μg/ mL against HeLa and HEp-2 cell lines, respectively. All extracts showed lower cytotoxicity on L929 cell line than cancer cells with IC50 value (753.0–1524.6 μg/mL). Due to the results, SB was the most effective extract to both cancer cell lines. SS and SG were more sensitive on HEp-2 than HeLa cell line. Our findings indicated that Scutellaria extracts have selective cytotoxic activity on both tested cancer and non-cancerous cell lines. This selectivity is important for discovery of new anticancer agents.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/10/1053S. salviifoliaS. glaphyrostachysS. rubicunda subsp. brevibracteatacytotoxic activity
spellingShingle Zeynep Dogan
Iclal Saracoglu
Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
Proceedings
S. salviifolia
S. glaphyrostachys
S. rubicunda subsp. brevibracteata
cytotoxic activity
title Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
title_full Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
title_fullStr Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
title_full_unstemmed Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
title_short Selective Cytotoxic Activity of Scutellaria Species
title_sort selective cytotoxic activity of scutellaria species
topic S. salviifolia
S. glaphyrostachys
S. rubicunda subsp. brevibracteata
cytotoxic activity
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/10/1053
work_keys_str_mv AT zeynepdogan selectivecytotoxicactivityofscutellariaspecies
AT iclalsaracoglu selectivecytotoxicactivityofscutellariaspecies